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TO ALLvWI-IOM IT MAY GONGERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MONT STORM', of the city and State of NewYork, have invented a certain fnew and useful Machine for WringingClothes, of which tlic following specification, in connection with ltheaccompanying drawings, embraces a full and clear description.

As is wel] known, the most popula-1" wringers of the present d'ay dependupon the use of twomade-up trolls of India rubber, not only costlyiu'the'rst instance, both in regard to material and manufacture, but oflittle dura-bility; the rolling action upon the clothes, vaided by theheat and soap in the water to be expressed from the latter, toofrequently causing the rolls to blister on their exterior and peel off.'

My derice'is intended to obviate these defects and others, while at thesame time reducing the cost ot' an elective wringer, by employingrollers composed of a series of annular disks, of wood, metal, orothercompara-l tively inelastic'material, with an elastic bushing, the seriesbeing mounted or strung, so to express it, on a rigid shaft, and thus,as a whole, constituting an elastic or flexible roll. For furtherexplanation I will now refer to the accompanying drawing, of which-Figure 1 represents a vertical central section., reduced from full size.

1 Figure 2 one ofthe sections or disks', full size, of which my roll iscomposed, as shown in iig. l.

f .A A is a frame, of any ordinary or convenient form, supporting therolls, the. B B are the rolls, composed, as before stated, ofaseries ofdisks, as c cc c, having :inelastic bushing, fl d, through whichissheathed a rigid i shaft, c. The bushing ci may be a thick India-rubbertube, which may be continuous the entire length of the l roll, ordivided into sections corresponding withV each disk c. `The terminaldisks of each roll are attached toY 'tlieshaft c, and are compelled torotate with it. Y To compel the intermediate disks to 'do so, rods a;2:, clamped `to the terminal disks, as shown, pass through the entireseries. 'lhc holes in each disk, through which thc rods epass, are madelarger than the latter, to permit the vertical, lateral, or other pla-yof the disks, individually on their elastic bushing, and eccentricallyto their bearing-shafts. Irrespective of the elasticity or llexibilityof the rolls, the shaft of one of the pair, say the upper one, should beprovided with adjustable spring bearings, by which it may he set as awhole into more or less proximity with its counterpart, according to thetexture hof the fabrics that require wringing. One of many such devicesis shown on Iig. 1 but demands no special 3 explanation, further than',perhaps, that` the turning of the set-screwsf adjusts the roll in therespect mentioned.

As the upper and lower rolls, lig. 1, are supposed to bev counterparts,it is considered unnecessary to show the rods :vx in the latter on thedrawing. I

l' I propose to make the disks c of lgnum-vit er any other durable wood,not liable to check. They may be made of metal, say zinc, either cast orstruck upf In either case the disks-would be freed from each other,except near their peripheries, and these portions by attrition willconstantly, during use, adjust themselves.

The legs z' ofthe frame of the wringer are supposed' to be provided withsome proper kind of clamps, for fastening it to a wash-tub or itssubstitute. 'i

For ease and elliciency of action in a -\vringer, the greater thediameter of the rolls within a certain extent, the better itwould be;but if this diameter is to be obtained, as it must be, by the use ofmore rubber, `as in the ordinary rubber rolls, it much enhances theexpense, and hence the rolls of wringers nthev market are made toosmall. By my device this is obviated.

In the case of a wringer with rubber rolls, as now made, or any other,`the elasticity of the rolls to pass over buttons, inequalities in thefolds of the fabric, 85e., is only called into action at the pointsof`contact, and the range of this elasticity is more than supplied by myelastic bushing, whereas the elasticity, as a mass, of the ordinary rollentirely of rubber, is wasted. Hence by my device I getan elicientwringer with larger rolls at far less expense. My bushing has to performthe function of a spring only.

l Operation.

The machine being clamped in place, and the rollers adjusted accordingto the fabrics to be wrang, the latter are entered `between the rolls,and by turning` the crank .1, they are p assed through and come out in aconditionready to be hung up to dry. If, when the machine is at rest,the disks on the counterpart rolls stand opposite each other and veryslightlyapart, then, owing to the resistance to their rotation offeredby the clothes,

a certain amount of torsion will be produced, ofthe India-rnbberbushing, and tothatextent a shortening on the shaft of it, and of theroll as a whole, will take place. To permit this, the pin passingthrough the hubs of the terminal disks and the shaft, traverses in aslot in the latter, as shown at fc x', and this being,r the case at oneend only of each roll, and also the end non-correspondent to that of theother, the disks will be forced into such position as to break jointssomewhat as shown in thel drawing; but Ido not consider this essentialto the propel` action of the wringer. l

A I have anticipated that a Wringer of vtolerable efficiency may bcproduced with only one roll divided into. disks, the other being a plaincylinder over an elasticl bushing, or evenl fixed upon -its shaft,without the interposition of any bushing Whatever; but ofcourse thatboth rolls should he as before described, ispreferable.

Having now fully described the nature of my invention, what I claimtherein, and desire to secureiby Letters Patent, is i Constituting theroll or rolls of a series of inelastic annulrn-` disks, having anelastic bushing of India rubber or its equivalent, the whole mounted ona shaft or shafts, and operating substantially in the manner and for thepurpose described.

WM. MONT STORM.

Witnesses:

THOMAS SMITH, LOUISE SMITH.

